singleton

From single +‎ -ton, probably following the model of simpleton.

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singleton (plural singletons)

1. (playing cards) A playing card that is the only one of its suit in a hand, especially at bridge.
2. (playing cards) A hand containing only one card of a certain suit.
3. A single object, especially one of a group.
4. (computing) A class that may not be instantiated more than once, i.e. that implements the singleton design pattern.
5. (mathematics) A set with exactly one element.
6. A child or animal that is born singly, not as a twin or other multiple birth.

   singleton preterm birth

7. A person without a romantic partner.
8. A person without a dissociative identity.
9. (phonetics) A single consonant, as opposed to a geminated consonant.

   singleton sonorants

• wedder

• nonsingleton
• singleton set

• multiton

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋɡəltɔn/, /ˈsɪŋəltɔn/

singleton m (plural singletons, diminutive singletonnetje n)

1. A singleton (lone playing card).

singleton n (plural singletons, diminutive singletonnetje n)

1. A singleton (design pattern, class, set).

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singleton m (plural singletons)

1. card games singleton
2. mathematics singleton
3. computing singleton

• “singleton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

singleton m (plural singletons)

1. (computing) singleton (class that may not be instantiated more than once)

Borrowed from English singleton.

singleton n (uncountable)

1. singleton

• singleton in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN